Federal Government sues Los Angeles for Sanctuary City Policies

Trump DOJ Sues LA Over Sanctuary Policies

This lawsuit puts LA’s sanctuary city status in legal jeopardy

The Trump administration is suing the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council, it was announced Monday. Trump sues LA, Mayor Karen Bass.

According to the lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, the administration is suing over LA's "sanctuary city" policies, alleging in federal court that the ordinance violates the Constitution by "thwarting" immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit contends that the sanctuary laws -- in which local law enforcement officials refuse to assist immigration enforcement efforts -- are illegal, and expressly designed to "obstruct the federal government's enforcement of federal immigration law and impede consultation and communication between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for federal officials to carry out federal immigration law and keep Americans safe."

The lawsuit notes that President Donald Trump "campaigned and won the presidential election on a platform of deporting the millions of illegal immigrants the previous administration permitted, through its open borders policy, to enter the country unlawfully."

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